The Macon County Community Foundation Players are back for the 2013 Mystery Dinner Theater. It’s going to be a dangerous night on a remote desert isle in the Caribbean where a private cruise ship has arrived by mistake. Watch out for smugglers, crooked business professionals, and even a murderer. You’ll have a chance to spy on the passengers and crew on the cruise ship’s maiden voyage. Little do the passengers realize that the “Guppy” has reached the wrong island – an island with only one inhabitant – Gunther Benn – a suspicious character watching for “spies.” Blackmail, romance, and intrigue lead to a most unusual murder.

Read more...

The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts will travel back in time to a night of classic oldies performed by The Platters, a group best known for hits such as, “Only You” and “Twilight Time,” on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20.

The Platters were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. They have been singing together since the early 1950s. They were the first rock and roll group to have a Top Ten album in America, have sold well over 89 million records, and have performed in over 91 countries.

Read more...

The Jackson County Public Library in downtown Sylva will host a program with local herbalist Becky Lipkin on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library Complex. Space is limited for this workshop, call JCPL at (828)586-2016 to sign up.

At this “make and take” workshop, Lipkin will guide participants through creating their very own Cupid's Cupboard. Lipkin describes the workshop this way, “Nothing says I love you like a handmade gift to be shared with a loved one. Bestow your sweetheart, that special friend or yourself with an assortment of delightful herbal goodies.

Situated in Jackson County, North Carolina, the mission of the nonprofit organization Catch the Spirit of Appalachia (CSA) is “Planting seeds of heritage through the arts.” Its main thrust is to draw attention to the need to conserve, protect and save the natural and human heritage of the local mountain people in the region.

To accomplish its goals, CSA works by involving the community in honoring and preserving the local heritage lifestyle and “sense of place” through organizing and producing festivals such as:

Read more...